This is a chronological list of reported deaths in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. It is based mainly on US federal government records which are in the public domain. The DHS Appropriations Bill (2018) requires ICE to make public all reports regarding in custody deaths within 90 days. Some deaths are also documented in the media.
2025 had the highest number of deaths since 2004, and December 2025 was the deadliest month on record.
Some commentators have expressed concerns about the truthfulness of reporting, or that information is being concealed by taking steps to avoid the necessity of reporting, for example:
During the second presidency of Donald Trump, ICE started to release details of detainee deaths in narrative style at their newsroom, within two business days. Instead of the standard titles used in detainee death reports for example "Detainee Death Report: AVELLENEDA-Delgado, Abelardo" these reports use titles such as "Illegal alien in ICE custody passes away at California hospital" or "Career criminal, illegal alien in ICE custody passes away at local hospital", and are in a less detailed and more narrative style using the euphemism "passes away" rather than referring to death. As a technical matter, the federal government is incapable of dealing with diacritics, which are stripped from names appearing in government records.
2026 , deaths in ICE detention have been publicized. This does not include Daphy Michel, a Haitian national who died in Pittsburgh on March 2, three days after being released from ICE custody.
Date Location Name Age Nationality ICE disclosure Description2026-09-29Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center, Monroe, LouisianaJulian Curo-Churata472026-10-01Cause of death pending autopsy.2026-09-18Winn Correctional Center, Winnfield, LouisianaCarlos Josue Marchena-Marchena362026-09-21Marchena-Marchena told relatives he was missing insulin shots and meals to manage his type 1 diabetes.2026-08-23Commonwealth Health Care Corporation, Saipan, Northern Mariana IslandsLian Yong Wei512026-09-01Unknown2026-08-01Delaney Hall, Newark, New JerseyEdwin Lopez-Cornejo412026-08-03Cause of death pending autopsy.2026-07-24a hospital in Augusta, GeorgiaPrisciliano Trejo Ricano29Leukemia2026-07-13en route from the Irwin County Detention Center, Ocilla, Georgia, to the Folkston D. Ray ICE Processing Center, Folkston, GeorgiaJesus Manuel Arenas-Silva452026-07-15Suspected cardiac arrest pending autopsy.2026-06-24Victor Valley Baptist Hospital, Harlingen, TexasAdrian Andreas Florian852026-07-02Cause of death pending autopsy.2026-06-19Webb County Detention Center, Laredo, TexasFelix Alcorta-Rodriguez632026-06-24Natural causes2026-06-04Winn Correctional Center, Winn Parrish, LouisianaMamuka Artmeladze432026-06-07Cause of death pending autopsy.2026-04-28Lumpkin, GeorgiaDenny Adan Gonzalez332026-05-01Presumed suicide, under investigation.2026-04-12Federal Detention Center, Miami, FloridaAled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt272026-04-16Presumed suicide, under investigation. Winn Correctional Center,Winnfield, Louisiana Alejandro Cabrera Clemente 49 2026-04-13 Found unresponsive. Miami Correctional Facility,Bunker Hill, Indiana Tuan Van Bui 55 2026-04-04 Found unresponsive. Adelanto Detention Center,Adelanto, California José Guadalupe Ramos-Solano 52 2026-03-30 Found unresponsive in his bunk. Ramos suffered from diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, though his cause of death is not known. Glades County Detention Center,Moore Haven, Florida Royer Perez-Jimenez 19 2026-03-18 Perez-Jimenez, a Mexican national, was originally arrested on January 22, 2026 and was charged with felony fraud for impersonation and misdemeanor resisting an officer before he was found "unconscious and unresponsive" in his room on March 16, 2026 after placed under ICE custody on February 21, 2026. Parkland Hospital,Dallas, Texas Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal 41 2026-03-14 Fell ill after being arrested by ICE forces on March 13, 2026 and died the next day at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Paktyawal was determined to have no known health issues prior to his death. A death certificate said his death was due to an allergic reaction to an unidentified substance. Merit Health Hospital,Natchez, Mississippi Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi 59 2026-03-06 Had several chronic health issues. Was hospitalized on February 20, 2026 and reported to be in stable condition on March 1, 2026, but died of a cardiac arrest on the same day. Florence Correctional Center,Florence, Arizona Emmanuel Clifford Damas 56 2026-03-06 Died of a tooth infection. Damas's brother said he was not allowed to see a dentist. Victor Valley Global Medical Center,Victorville, California Alberto Gutierrez-Reyes 48 2026-03-04 Had diabetes and high cholesterol. Los Angeles City Council member Eunisses Hernandez claims he was denied access to medical care. Larkin Community Hospital,South Miami, Florida Jairo Garcia-Hernandez 27 2026-02-20 In custody since January 21, 2025. ICE reports that "Garcia-Hernandez had a long history of severe medical complications and was already in ill health when he was taken into ICE custody." He was transferred to a behavioral health center in October 2025 and hospitalized at Larkin Community Hospital on January 26. He "collapsed unexpectedly" over night on February 16. Miami Correctional Facility,Bunker Hill, Indiana Lorth Sim 59 2026-02-18 Found unresponsive in cell. Robert A Deyton Detention Facility,Lovejoy, Georgia Heber Sanchez Domínguez 34 2026-01-16 Found hanging in his cell. Also reported by Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta. Camp East Montana,El Paso, Texas Victor Manuel Diaz 36 2026-01-18Third death reported at the Camp East Montana detention center. ICE reported a "presumed suicide" after he was found unresponsive; his family disputes this. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Parady La 46 Suffered anoxic brain injury, post cardiac arrest, shock and multiple organ failures, attributed to drug withdrawal. Family members stated that he was "vomiting, begging for help, begging for water, and wasn't given water" at the Federal Detention Center in Center City Philadelphia. Imperial Regional Detention Facility, Calexico, California / John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital,Indio, California Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz 68 Hospitalized with chest pains. HCA Healthcare,Conroe, Texas Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres 42 Congestive heart failure. Camp East Montana,El Paso, Texas Geraldo Lunas Campos 55 A witness told The Washington Post that guards choked Lunas Campos, who repeatedly said, "No puedo respirar" ["I can't breathe"]. On January 21, 2026, Lunas Campos' death was ruled a homicide by asphyxia upon autopsy by the El Paso County Medical Examiner's office, who noted petechiae in his eyelids and neck.
2025 In 2025, 31 deaths in ICE detention were reported. This does not include Jaime Alanis Garcia, who died trying to flee agents at a farm raid in Camarillo on July 10, nor does it include Jose Castro-Rivera, who died on a highway in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 23 as he fled ICE officers. It also does not include those who died in Border Patrol custody, including a Chinese national who died by suicide at a station in Yuma, Arizona. A January 2026 letter from 12 Congressional representatives stated that 17 deaths in Border Patrol custody were reported to Congress during the first twelve months of the Trump administration.